Maathai, Wangari Muta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...in the National Council of Women of Kenya, she initiated...encourages ordinary Kenyan women to plant trees to counter erosion...advocated the cancellation of African foreign debt. In 2002 she...She became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize...Life Campaigning for Africa, Women, and the Environment (2002...